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United Kingdom: Farmers turn to renewables as crop yields falter
2013-02-26 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Farmers producing their own wind energy earned up to 50,000 last year, according to an industry-backed study. Analysis from NatWest, RBS, and trade association RenewableUK shows the majority of wind farm installations saw up to 80kW of capacity installed, generating 50,000 payments for farmers from electricity generated and exported to the grid. Meanwhile, smaller installations of 20kW attracted payments of around 12,000 a year. The National Farmers Union (NFU) estimates that during 2012...
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United Kingdom - Martin re-elected to NFU sugar board
2013-02-26 06:11:12| Sugar Industry News
NFU sugar board chairman William Martin has been re-elected to the board for a further three-year term.
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United Kingdom: Wind farms will create more carbon dioxide, say scientists
2013-02-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The finding, which threatens the entire rationale of the onshore wind farm industry, will be made by Scottish government-funded researchers who devised the standard method used by developers to calculate "carbon payback time' for wind farms on peat soils. Wind farms are typically built on upland sites, where peat soil is common. In Scotland alone, two thirds of all planned onshore wind development is on peatland. England and Wales also have large numbers of current or proposed peatland wind farms....
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United Kingdom: Fears fracking could be "fast tracked"
2013-02-23 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Growth and Infrastructure Bill, currently going through the House of Lords, could allow exploration for shale gas to be considered as of "national significance', meaning the Government can override local authorities to grant planning permission. The National Trust, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Friends of the Earth, the Town & Country Planning Association, Wildlife Trusts and Greenpeace have joined up to fight the change in the law. Baroness Young of Old Scone, an independent peer,...
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United Kingdom: Gas power station activists being sued by owners of plant for 5m
2013-02-21 09:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The French-owned energy company EDF is seeking the damages from the 20 activists after they halted the construction of the West Burton power station in Nottinghamshire last October. The activists belonging to the "No Dash For Gas" protest group pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated trespass at Mansfield magistrates court. Seventeen of these will be sentenced on 20 March, with the rest to find out their fate on 2 April. The details of the civil case emerged today after the Guardian newspaper...
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